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* BalefulPolymorph: Instead of killing the rightful ruler of Shandalar, the villain turned the ruler into a FlyingCarpet.
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This time, Rupert and Bill are playing with a boomerang when their day is interrupted by a FlyingCarpet with an oil lamp being chased by a FeatheredFiend. The boys get captured along with the carpet and lamp and taken to Shandalar, a city in the ArabianNightsDays. Rupert's instantly suspicious of the grateful "sultan" who "invites" them to spend the night in his palace as a reward for finding his lamp. The two friends quickly discover there's more to the situation than the sultan is telling them, and that the lives of everyone in the city depend on them getting that lamp back.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: [[spoiler:The FlyingCarpet who helps the boys fight a GiantFlyer, an evil genie, and a magical army of {{mooks}} turns out to be a human woman under a spell.]]
* ArabianNightsDays: The Middle Eastern city the boys get taken to is several centuries behind the 1920s Middle East (not unusual for the magical villages Rupert finds).
* BalconyEscape: Since the door to the room they're given is heavily guarded, Rupert climbs down from the balcony.
* BalefulPolymorph: Instead of killing the rightful ruler of Shandalar, the villain turned the ruler into a FlyingCarpet.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The carpet saves Rupert from falling out of a tree, so Rupert trusts it over the genie from the beginning and goes searching for answers when it's captured. This allows him to show up at just the right time to distract its guards and help it escape.
* BlessedWithSuck: Granted, being turned into a carpet with no voice is a big step down for a human, but how much of a punishment is it when you give them the power to FLY?!
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: When Bill notices his friend get a familiar look in his eye, he says in dread, "He's got a plan!"
* CatchAFallingStar: In the climax in a high tower, the lamp falls out the window, Rupert dives after it, and Bill manages to grab him and keep him from falling to his death.
* CensorSuds: Done with Bill in the palace's bubble bath.
* DidntWantAnAdventure: Bill complains twice about being dragged along on another adventure with Rupert.
* ExactWords: The old woman only refers to the rightful "ruler" of Shandalar. It's Rupert who then uses the term "sultan."
* FriendOrIdolDecision: The carpet saves the boys from falling out of the sky at the expense of letting the giant bird catch the lamp. No loss, given that they all get captured immediately anyway.
* FlyingCarpet: The main one of the episode is actually a human under a spell, but the ending reveals these are still common in Shandalar.
* GenieInABottle: The oil lamp variety.
* GildedCage: The genie has Rupert and Bill stay in a luxurious palace suite, but as Rupert notes, they aren't exactly given a choice in the matter.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: When Rupert and Bill are brought in with the lamp, the genie tries to stop them from going home because they now know too much about the lamp and the carpet.
* KillItWithFire: The genie tries to get rid of the carpet by burning it, but Rupert interrupts just in time.
* MookMaker: The genie makes his army of flying, silent, eyeless, four-armed lackeys called the Black Turbans.
* MrExposition: While hiding from the Black Turbans, Rupert and Bill meet an old woman who tells them the story of how Shandalar was taken over by an evil genie and why they need the lamp to defeat him.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Once the genie is trapped in the lamp, all his spells are undone.
* OurGeniesAreDifferent: In this case, they have unlimited magic powers and are tied to a lamp, and the possessor of the lamp can control the genie because rubbing the lamp would imprison the genie inside. Presumably, this is why the genie would also (usually) grant wishes to appease whoever has the lamp, but as the only one we get to meet demonstrates, they can be evil and power-hungry.
* ProphetEyes: The Black Turbans have no pupils or irises.
* {{Reconstruction}}: This portrayal of a genie is probably the most consistent in children's animation with the classic version of a ''djinn'', a powerful spirit who could just as easily be malevolent and could only be made to serve someone if they, say, possessed the lamp that could imprison them.
* RocBirds: Given the setting, the giant bird the heroes have to deal with must be one of these.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The enchanted ruler steals the lamp that can be used to defeat the villain and helps the heroes fight every step of the way.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:The ruler of Shandalar was a woman all along.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: This episode's villain is defeated this way.
* TheSpeechless: The carpet can't speak and is forced to try to communicate with the boys via gestures.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
-->'''Rupert:''' The first thing to do is to get the genie to show us where he keeps the lamp...
-->'''Bill:''' Uh oh. He's got a plan...
* TrickAndFollowPloy: Using a mundane oil lamp, Rupert tricks the genie into going to the hiding place of the real one. The genie, who still wants to find Bill and the carpet, decides two can play that game by keeping an eye on his new prisoner until the others inevitably return to rescue him.
* TheUsurper: The so-called sultan of Shandalar the boys first meet is actually an evil genie who took over the kingdom.
* VillainBall: Killing the true ruler of Shandalar would have been the safest course of action, but the genie transformed the ruler into a flying carpet because "I thought keeping you underfoot would be amusing."
* WhamShot: Once the genie's spells are broken, the carpet transforms into... [[spoiler:a woman?!]]
* XanatosRoulette: Rupert tricks the genie into showing them where he hid the lamp. The genie plays along until Bill and the carpet show up so he can capture them all. Fortunately, Rupert and the carpet were prepared for him to show up...
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* ActionGirl: [[spoiler:The FlyingCarpet who helps the boys fight a GiantFlyer, an evil genie, and a magical army of {{mooks}} turns out to be a human woman under a spell.]]
* ArabianNightsDays: The Middle Eastern city the boys get taken to is several centuries behind the 1920s Middle East (not unusual for the magical villages Rupert finds).
* BalconyEscape: Since the door to the room they're given is heavily guarded, Rupert climbs down from the balcony.
* BalefulPolymorph: Instead of killing the rightful ruler of Shandalar, the villain turned the ruler into a FlyingCarpet.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The carpet saves Rupert from falling out of a tree, so Rupert trusts it over the genie from the beginning and goes searching for answers when it's captured. This allows him to show up at just the right time to distract its guards and help it escape.
* BlessedWithSuck: Granted, being turned into a carpet with no voice is a big step down for a human, but how much of a punishment is it when you give them the power to FLY?!
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: When Bill notices his friend get a familiar look in his eye, he says in dread, "He's got a plan!"
* CatchAFallingStar: In the climax in a high tower, the lamp falls out the window, Rupert dives after it, and Bill manages to grab him and keep him from falling to his death.
* CensorSuds: Done with Bill in the palace's bubble bath.
* DidntWantAnAdventure: Bill complains twice about being dragged along on another adventure with Rupert.
* ExactWords: The old woman only refers to the rightful "ruler" of Shandalar. It's Rupert who then uses the term "sultan."
* FriendOrIdolDecision: The carpet saves the boys from falling out of the sky at the expense of letting the giant bird catch the lamp. No loss, given that they all get captured immediately anyway.
* FlyingCarpet: The main one of the episode is actually a human under a spell, but the ending reveals these are still common in Shandalar.
* GenieInABottle: The oil lamp variety.
* GildedCage: The genie has Rupert and Bill stay in a luxurious palace suite, but as Rupert notes, they aren't exactly given a choice in the matter.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: When Rupert and Bill are brought in with the lamp, the genie tries to stop them from going home because they now know too much about the lamp and the carpet.
* KillItWithFire: The genie tries to get rid of the carpet by burning it, but Rupert interrupts just in time.
* MookMaker: The genie makes his army of flying, silent, eyeless, four-armed lackeys called the Black Turbans.
* MrExposition: While hiding from the Black Turbans, Rupert and Bill meet an old woman who tells them the story of how Shandalar was taken over by an evil genie and why they need the lamp to defeat him.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Once the genie is trapped in the lamp, all his spells are undone.
* OurGeniesAreDifferent: In this case, they have unlimited magic powers and are tied to a lamp, and the possessor of the lamp can control the genie because rubbing the lamp would imprison the genie inside. Presumably, this is why the genie would also (usually) grant wishes to appease whoever has the lamp, but as the only one we get to meet demonstrates, they can be evil and power-hungry.
* ProphetEyes: The Black Turbans have no pupils or irises.
* {{Reconstruction}}: This portrayal of a genie is probably the most consistent in children's animation with the classic version of a ''djinn'', a powerful spirit who could just as easily be malevolent and could only be made to serve someone if they, say, possessed the lamp that could imprison them.
* RocBirds: Given the setting, the giant bird the heroes have to deal with must be one of these.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The enchanted ruler steals the lamp that can be used to defeat the villain and helps the heroes fight every step of the way.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:The ruler of Shandalar was a woman all along.]]
* SealedEvilInACan: This episode's villain is defeated this way.
* TheSpeechless: The carpet can't speak and is forced to try to communicate with the boys via gestures.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck:
-->'''Rupert:''' The first thing to do is to get the genie to show us where he keeps the lamp...
-->'''Bill:''' Uh oh. He's got a plan...
* TrickAndFollowPloy: Using a mundane oil lamp, Rupert tricks the genie into going to the hiding place of the real one. The genie, who still wants to find Bill and the carpet, decides two can play that game by keeping an eye on his new prisoner until the others inevitably return to rescue him.
* TheUsurper: The so-called sultan of Shandalar the boys first meet is actually an evil genie who took over the kingdom.
* VillainBall: Killing the true ruler of Shandalar would have been the safest course of action, but the genie transformed the ruler into a flying carpet because "I thought keeping you underfoot would be amusing."
* WhamShot: Once the genie's spells are broken, the carpet transforms into... [[spoiler:a woman?!]]
* XanatosRoulette: Rupert tricks the genie into showing them where he hid the lamp. The genie plays along until Bill and the carpet show up so he can capture them all. Fortunately, Rupert and the carpet were prepared for him to show up...
